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[M II A II R II K]

I suppose the Line 2 TBMs will be called Toonie or Bloorey and Danny or some crap like that.

 

[Hamiltonian]

What's the status with the Eglinton Connects project? Just curious if they're still planning on going through with it? Funding??

 

[TheTigerMaster]

I suppose the Line 2 TBMs will be called Toonie or Bloorey and Danny or some crap like that.

Robbie and Douggie.

 

[sixrings]

Robbie and Douggie.

they belong underground

 

[TheTigerMaster]

What's the status with the Eglinton Connects project? Just curious if they're still planning on going through with it? Funding??

Ahh yes, Eglinton Connects.

I haven't heard anything about it. No news is good news.

Last major news was the completion of the EA in Sept: http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=7f47c6de5de78410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

 

[Edward]

Thanks for the pictures. With all the talk about Scarborough, Smart Track and cost overruns on Spadina I think many people forget a major line is currently under construction across the middle of Toronto.

 

[Conrad Black]

Exciting times.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Okay, is it just me or are TBMs supposed to be longer? Behind the cutterhead, I thought it was a whole assembly line of drilling and liner fitting equipment. Was this moved in smaller pieces?

 

[valvenis]

It may be a silly question, but why didn't they tunnel under the Spadina Subway? Don't they have to eventually do that anyways?

 

[JayBeeGooner]

Risk of the subway tunnel shifting.

 

[valvenis]

Risk of the subway tunnel shifting.

Ok, so the problem will still have to be addressed on the future.

 

[JayBeeGooner]

Ok, so the problem will still have to be addressed on the future.

I'm not sure if it's a problem. I'm not an engineer, but it doesn't seem too big of an issue to shore up the tunnel with steel beams and excavate while the subway is running.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I'm not sure if it's a problem. I'm not an engineer, but it doesn't seem too big of an issue to shore the tunnel with steel beams and excavated while the subway is running.

Yep, it's been done elsewhere before.

AoD

 

[nfitz]

Ok, so the problem will still have to be addressed on the future.

It would have to be addressed in the future anyways. If you'd have kept tunnelling under the existing station, you'd still have had to have dug down to build the platforms and remove all the tunnel segments. And you'd have had to have been deeper under the existing track than if you did it the way they are planning.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Okay, is it just me or are TBMs supposed to be longer? Behind the cutterhead, I thought it was a whole assembly line of drilling and liner fitting equipment. Was this moved in smaller pieces?

The TBMs are way longer than in the photographs. All we're seeing is the cutter head.